Control Room Operator Training A control room operator, with a tuned control system, can have a major impact on maintaining and improving power plant performance and reliability. Today’s advanced … Read More
Controllable Loss Monitors The largest single cost of operation of a power plant is fuel, and the amount of fuel burned is affected directly by the efficiency of … Read More
The Dangers of NOx: Nitrogen Pollution from Fossil Fuel Combustion Fossil fuel combustion creates numerous harmful products. When these products are released to the environment, they endanger both humans and the environment. One class of … Read More
Water Purification to Improve Water Quality for Power Plant Operations Most of the current power plants in the US were built in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Water is extremely important in making electricity; mainly … Read More
Protecting Equipment from Cold Weather As winter weather approaches, operators and plant management must remain vigilant in preventing freezing of their equipment. Frozen piping systems can result in ruptures and … Read More
Technology Transfer People often ask about what FCS means when we talk about technology transfer; specifically, how does it differ from training. After all, it could be … Read More
Electric Grid Reliability and Resiliency What are grid reliability and grid resiliency? Most of us understand grid reliability to be the ability of the power system to deliver electricity in … Read More
Characteristics of Coal What is Coal? The word coal describes many different types of rocklike materials, which contain complex hydrocarbons and organic compounds in varying mixtures. It is … Read More
Thermal Energy Storage Systems Thermal Energy Storage Systems are used to collect thermal energy and use that the energy at a later time for heating, cooling, or power generation. … Read More
